Crystal Harris was planning to jilt Hugh Hefner at the altar, it has been claimed.

According to the New York Post, the Playboy bunny sought a media deal to humiliate Hefner during a filmed Lifetime TV special. The couple called off their wedding earlier this week.

"Crystal wanted to ditch Hef at the altar," the source claimed. "Her plan was to walk up the aisle and say she couldn't go through with it. The wedding was to be filmed for a reality special, and her refusal to marry him would be a sensation.

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"She was looking for a tie-in deal of around $500,000 for the exclusive 'I ditched Hef at the altar' interview. While there was interest, Crystal didn't get an offer anywhere near half a million."

However, Harris's manager Michael Blakey countered that rumours of such a plan were "not true, to my knowledge".

Of the split, he added: "I have no idea what happened. All I know is that it was an amicable breakup."